culture shock
Example Sentences
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She talked about her first night out with her Californian roommate and the culture shock of seeing students wearing shorts to class and their public displays of affection.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
This culture shock played out a different way with the students Tran taught English to in Vietnam.
From Salon • Dec. 31, 2025
Patel’s presence at the bureau has been something of a culture shock for a buttoned-up workforce, used to wearing suits and ties.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025
Life in London is culture shock for Coralie after growing up in Australia.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2025
It was culture shock for both sides, and the best they could do was form an uneasy alliance.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
